Administrative Assistant

Corbets Tey School

Harwood Hall Lane

Upminster. RM14 2YQ

Telephone: 01708 225888

Head Teacher: Emma Allen

Corbets Tey @ The Avelon

100 Avelon Road

Rainham RM13 7DH

Telephone: 01708 225888

Head Teacher: Emma Allen

 

Administrative Assistant Required Immediately (subject to the relevant checks)

Hours: 30 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (working hours from 9.30am to 4.30pm with 1 hour lunch) Monday to Friday

Grade: APTC 4 Point 7,  FTE £29,346 p.a. 

Actual Salary: £22,090 p.a. 

Contract: Permanent

 

This is a successful school with supportive governors and very special pupils. We have a new opportunity for a confident and creative individual who can demonstrate strong people skills and who is also good with numbers and proficient in excel.

We are seeking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to support the Finance team in the operation of financial systems, processes and procedures as well as providing support on the schools reception, support to the Headteacher and carrying out general administrative tasks.

The successful candidate will have a strong administrative background with proven experience working with financial systems and MS Office software, including excel. You will have exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills and will need to communicate confidently with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally, face to face, over the phone and in written correspondence.

The main responsibilities for the role:

• Operate the computerized personnel, payroll and financial information systems
• Receive, record and process incoming payments
• Collect debts and payments due
• Use spreadsheet software to support the budgeting and accounting needs of the school
• Be present at the main school reception as required in order to welcome visitors
• Manage calls and visitors to the school according to safeguarding procedures
• Provide administrative support to the Headteacher
• Liaise and direct agency/temporary staff to appropriate classes
• Plan, organise and prepare paperwork and communicate key/essential information for meetings
• Analyse data and prepare information appropriate to the audience in a variety of creative formats including Word, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint and other reports

Benefits offered:

• Access to Rewards scheme
• Access to Havering Pension scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to Work scheme
• High quality professional training and career development opportunities
• Supportive and friendly work environment

Please see full Administrative Assistant Job Description.

Visits to the school are welcome by appointment.

 

Please apply online. 

Closing date for applications:  Sunday 9th February 2025 11.59pm

Interviews: Interviews will be arranged upon successful application.

We reserve the right to close the job advert in advance of the specified closing date, if a successful applicant is found.  Please submit your application as early as possible.

 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Everybody who works for the school is expected to share and promote this commitment and to have, or acquire, the relevant abilities, skills and knowledge to carry it out.

This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced disclosure.